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NEW DELHI: Stepping up its efforts to reach out to the common man to counter allegations leveled by Aam Aadmi party leader Arvind Kejriwal, RIL uploaded a video on YouTube on Thursday denying that it has received any undue benefit from the Gujarat government on account of the fact that the state's energy minister, Saurabh Patel, is a member of the Ambani clan.

In the video, which is in Hindi and appears intended for a wider audience, RIL explains that the minister was not in a position to help, as its gas fields were off the eastern coast of India and its refinery was built in the 1990s.

Reliance, which earlier sent out text messages on mobile phones to counter Kejriwal, said it would release more videos apart from the "Flame of Truth" it has uploaded. Kejriwal has repeatedly accused Mukesh Ambani of colluding with UPA ministers to raise natural gas prices at the cost of the common man. He has also accused Ambani of getting favours from the Gujarat government because the minister looking after energy, the main business of RIL, was a relative.

On Wednesday, Patel complained to poll authorities in Gandhinagar, seeking to stop Kejriwal from making such allegations . State authorities have forwarded the complaint to the chief election commissioner, official sources said. In the video, RIL lashed out at the allegations. "A strange and irresponsible statement by a political leader at the India Today Conclave on March 7, 2014, was aired live and placed on the social media. The statement is fraught with poor knowledge of the constitutional scheme and is aimed only to misinform. The concerted action of the parties mentioned above has caused injury to our unblemished record of service to the economic well-being of India ," RIL said in a statement. "It is, therefore, incumbent upon us to place the record straight. Accordingly, a video release is being shared in line with the highest standards of investor communication and information to all relevant stakeholders & partners across the www," it said.

In the uploaded video, a company spokesman says in Hindi that while it is true that the minister, who has gas, petroleum, mining and energy departments and has family relations with the Ambani family, it needs to be seen whether he has granted any favour or is in a position to grant favours.

He said RIL was pumping gas from the Andhra coast, at least 1,500 km away from Gujarat and natural gas is a central subject, with no powers with a state.

Further, he said oil is also a central subject, the refinery is very old, and the sector is deregulated, leaving no scope for the minister to grant favours. He also said the company was not involved in mining in Gujarat while for electricity , it depended on its own captive plants. "Therefore, to say this minister gave us huge benefits is totally baseless, unfounded, politically motivated and meant to mislead you. We should see what is the constitutional position. According to the constitution , in the matters concerned, the minister has not a role. Even if he wants, he can't extend favours to us," he said.